Pass out little pieces of paper to strangers on the street that say something special like "You're Beautiful" or "Everything is gonna be alright". July 13 2012
Europe in crisis? Collaborate with an NGO or within a social project in the poorest European country next door: Albania. July 12 2012
"Maarten went vegetarian almost 20 years ago."July 10 2012 on go vegetarian! it is good for your health, the environment and the...
Build an rainwater collection system on your roof and connect it to your toilet - no more waste of drinking water July 10 2012
Travel with a team to Africa and dig irrigation channels for a whole village in need. Find sponsors by making your idea well known, or entertain profitably (invite a whole elderly block for a bingo, they got nothing to do anyway). June 26 2012
In Holland more than a million of old people are lonesome. Choose a nursery every week and visit a random person. A little chat can already be enough to make someones day over there. June 22 2012
I see so many grumpy/tired/walked out faces.. so try to smile to anyone you have contact with. The girl behind the cash register, the grumpy guy controlling the bus, the asshole next door... whomever. Maybe it's addictive :) June 21 2012
Spend one month to convince all nurseries/Childrens' daycares to use only fair trade food ( fruit, juice ). To make this world a little better for all of us, structurally. June 19 2012
Live a life without privacy, stream a live radioshow 24 hrs a day. Put a picture on facebook every 5 minutes. This to simulate living in a totalitarian regime. You're currently off the grid, I challenge you to be on the grid, show the world how a lack of privacy affects a human being. June 16 2012
Live 1 Month Without Spending Money. June 15 2012
Maarten, do this every month extra: pick the best three ideas of last month you like: the most fun, the most creative/unknown outcome or consequences and the most impactful and repost them to next month's proposals. June 14 2012
"Maarten was in Amsterdam -by bike again- at Stand-up Inspiration. I think he was not allowed to use only candles."June 13 2012 on Check your average energy consumption with a plug in powermeter and...
Get every artist out there to donate a painting, sculpture etc. for raising funds to build and improve infrastructures for clean water in third world countries. June 13 2012
Remove yourself from the global gene pool. June 12 2012
"That's right. The Maarten of this site is not using electricity for a month (I hope it will be less) , so he has not posted anything since 11 days."June 11 2012 on If not already; go Vegan! Or encourage others to do so. For animal...
Be self sufficiënt, as in not having to bother people for your food and shelter and thus cutting out the middle men. Like a natural human. Good luck, you'll need it in this case. June 10 2012
Organize activities for children in disadvantaged districts who are not able to on a summerholiday; inspire other people to help you with f.e. sports, dance or theatre. June 9 2012
"A few days before pechakucha Maarten was in Nijmegen, also promoting his ideas. He came there by bike, which was quite a journey. As he did not use electricity, the film is a bit dark."June 8 2012 on Going off the grid...
Start to grow your own vegetables! (You don't need a garden this can be done in plant pots and boxes) Encourage others to do the same and all share in the produce when its ready. Great for the environment, saving money and bringing people together :) June 6 2012
compassionate listening: take a small camping table and two folding chairs and set them anywhere in town. Put on a sign on telling that you will listen to the other person compassionately (like the boddhisattva Avaloketishvara - without judging) to help make the other person feel better. I'll be very very happy to join. tineke May 30 2012